Katherine L. Holmes's Blog Posts Tagged 'Children's' (5)

The rewards of indie publishing!

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

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Added by Katherine L. Holmes on June 12, 2013 at 5:22pm — No Comments

My middle grade loon book to be published!

On April 16, I signed a contract with Silver Knight Publishing for my middle grade book The Wide Awake Loons.

That book felt “meant to be” from the first. The conception of books is a subject that mystifies. The Wide Awake Loonsis the only book that I planned in my head before writing…

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Added by Katherine L. Holmes on May 2, 2012 at 11:27am — No Comments

"I Was Born to Reject Rejection" - a tune Hans Christian Andersen might have liked

November 10, 2011

"I was born to reject rejection" - a tune Hans Christian Andersen might have liked

I'd hardly begun submitting creative work when I first heard the theme song of Oklahoma Crude, "I Was Born to Reject Rejection." …

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Added by Katherine L. Holmes on November 26, 2011 at 7:47pm — No Comments

Here at Halloween: The House in Windward Leaves

Today's posting is my fantasy book tab.

Although The House in Windward Leaves starts out on Halloween night, it's about identity. First written as a short story for a Halloween storytelling at The Loft literary center, most of the book takes place on a star where costumes make the kids.

Because children run the star, it’s both commonsense and madcap. There are more moments of humor than terror, having been inspired by Roald Dahl. But the horror on Mistral's…

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Added by Katherine L. Holmes on October 20, 2011 at 5:42pm — No Comments